A Certain Scientific Updraft / Aleister: This Is Great-I Want It!

"Tch. You again."

Mitsuya Aiyu looked thoroughly disgusted.

In this IF worldline, the two of them were opponents in the literal sense.

"Do you think Onee-sama is with Shokuhou-senpai?" Kuroko still used honorific language for the time being.

"How would I know?" Mitsuya Aiyu curled her lip.

"Don't you want to know what exactly happened?" Kuroko asked again.

"This..." Mitsuya Aiyu froze.

Just as Kuroko worried about Mikoto, Mitsuya Aiyu worried about Shokuhou Misaki.

In this worldline, it had been Shokuhou Misaki who saved Mitsuya Aiyu.

Seeing her waver, Kuroko struck while the iron was hot. "With our abilities, we might not be able to come and go without a trace, but at the very least, getting anywhere won't be a problem."

"Mm..." Mitsuya Aiyu was tempted, but she still hesitated. "But I already decided that I would trust the Queen..."

A Certain Scientific Updraft

"Go on?"

"Go on!"

"Go on!"

"That's enough!"

Shirai Kuroko kept egging Mitsuya Aiyu on from beside her, until Mitsuya Aiyu was nearly at her limit.

"Why does it have to be me?!"

Mitsuya Aiyu roared.

"You're the one making that kind of face."

"...Huh?"

"You've practically got 'I'm super worried about the Queen right now' written all over your face."

"Mm... um..."

"If you're worried, then go." At that moment, Hanazei Runko walked over.

"Runko?" Mitsuya Aiyu looked at her.

"You only adjusted cognitive interference, but Mitsuya, your mannerisms and the Queen's... are actually pretty easy to tell apart." Hanazei Runko smiled.

"Uh—" Mitsuya Aiyu blanked for a moment. "Wait, don't tell me I was—"

"Yes." Hanazei Runko smiled. "But Mitsuya imitating the Queen was very cute too, so we... no, so I didn't expose you."

"Wait a second! You all saw through it already?!" Mitsuya Aiyu was stunned.

"Well..."

Hanazei Runko looked away.